Something has been trying to leave, but the drain is blocked.
So what should move through spills onto the floor.
Old emotion does this. Unspoken truth does this. Grief does this. So does exhaustion that has been politely contained for too long.
The answer is not always to turn off the water. Sometimes the work is clearing the passage.
What have you been trying to manage on the surface because it has nowhere honest to go?
You do not need to flood the house. But you do need a way for what is finished to leave it.